| 100% | JUST | 4 | With "in" and 12-Down, as a precaution |
| 61% | CONSEQUENTIALLY | 15 | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| 56% | PLUMB | 5 | With 111 Down, crazy as a loon, in the Crazy A Saloon |
| 56% | DRESS | 5 | Mix with oil and vinegar, as a 1-Down |
| 55% | DUNLIN | 6 | Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England |
| 55% | TAKE | 4 | With "in" and 55-Down, use without proper respect, as a name |
| 54% | MAKEYOURWAY | 11 | With 26-Down, how to succeed in business, and a hint to this puzzle |
| 54% | MOVETHECHAINS | 13 | Pick up first downs, in football slang ... with a visual interpretation seen inside the answers to 19-, 24-, and 42-Across |
| 53% | SMITE | 5 | Strike down, as with a sword |
| 53% | COLLAPSE | 8 | Fall down, as with a building |
| 53% | SMOTE | 5 | Struck down, as with a sword |
| 53% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 53% | UNJAM | 5 | Fix, as a photocopier with paper stuck in it |
| 53% | BIGYELLOWTAXI | 13 | 12-Down hit song with the lyric "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" (3 wds.) |
| 52% | TAMP | 4 | Push down, as tobacco in a pipe |
| 52% | NOTED | 5 | Wrote down, as in a college class |
| 52% | KNEEL | 5 | Bend down, as in a church pew |
| 52% | ZAP | 3 | Deal with, in a way, as ads |
| 52% | COUNT | 5 | With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down (not including this answer) |
| 52% | RIGHTTURN | 9 | With 55-Down, sign at some corners, and a hint to four places in this grid |
| 52% | SETTLE | 6 | ___ down (become quiet, as in a classroom) |
| 52% | STAB | 4 | Thrust in, as with a knife |
| 52% | OPENON | 6 | Start with, as in a movie |
| 51% | TURRON | 6 | Nougat with toasted almonds made as a Christmas delicacy in Spain and Latin American countries |
| 51% | TWAIN | 5 | With "the," East and West, in a Kipling ballad |
| 51% | UNA | 3 | With 8 Down, a girl in Guadalajara |
| 51% | TIDAL | 5 | Having ups and downs, in a way |
| 50% | STAKE | 5 | Put down, as a wager... and a synonym for 31a |
| 50% | RUG | 3 | "As snug as a bug in a ___" (cozy and comfortable) |
| 50% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |